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is " cma . â– i r.t st 1 for tl â– â– - ation uy superintendent ol s lc of n-'v york ax county virginia '. \. ishingloti city pa sensible remarks to the ation in h s nthern states â€” _ . â€¢ . (!â€¢â– â€¢. er a eries of lectures lhe ali and winter at â€¢. s may i ,;.: nds of education in , 1rn states iii ii â– â– . â– ment ha ing for irly and thorough elementary ing in all those branches c d utility and individual and . â– ., _. is now in progress al ihe . m ; the west under auspices ii iblc lo its full success the free scl ml system of massachu ..-.,-! which has been in operation â– cenlui ies has dispensed the in ngs ol a good education over â€¢ that ancient commenwealth ; ; apart for thai purpose . and exclusively appropriated lo nslru n effected a sim / nl things within her borders rhode . vermont and hampshire have is of common school adequate to the wants of opulatioii : u ' new jersey -â€¢ ition side by side with l.'-'m . flfl.tl to place lhe means ol in ! mora culture within the reah and i â– ! every child of the state rganization and complete effi be new vork system has already . â– â– â€žâ€¢ ry eleven thousand district schools â– ii hundred aad fifty thousand ot a and the number is annually in i the avei age ratio of more than i ii each year ol its stately and gress her system combining ..','.â€¢â€¢ various excellencies and avoid , r greal extent the defects of those point ot time preceded it has at ntion and excited the active em . oi a lame proportion of the . .- â€¢ - and territories including ohio . indiana illinois wisconsin c il the south and canada at the of which it has been success : within he compass ot a lew iasl year an association ot influ â€¢'â– ,. nt persons has been formed i ith east and w..t for the purpose element ry education throughout alley of iho mississippi ; and e . f vermont aided by an eflec tined instructors has placed ihis gt it aud most ben n thai io every other por i.i lhe north to the atlantic coast on it the rocky mountains - â€” lhe respective state and n u *< - . nds of education and ie generally have uniie^inthe most 'â– â– of knowledge i h i < ee^fmut 1 r ihose who are t succeed them inheritance of o.n free institutions â€¢ signs ol lhe limes ' g ihose lesson . of sound poli and impressively inculcated by : w ashin jton .- and conscious ihal mission of the am mean re 'â– " fulfdle 1 in the universal and f her sons and daughters ' ' "â– â– 'â– â– patriots and philanthropists : liave taken iheir stand upon this impregnable principle ; and we are by every consideration which can i ofthe same common family ie me inestimable union and ' d in tic perpetuity and abiding â– cherished institutions â€” to timely hearlily aud efficiently in titerprise shall we not cheerfully wl to the appeal .' shall we not thus riv is of our glorious union far more ef m can ever he accomplished by po tions by party watch-words by -' skillful legislation or the most ho to individual local or sectional nl the southern slates individu â– and especially those v im pos f bestowing a suitable educa children of the other poritions n m providing those facilities for â€¢ â€¢> instruction which the spirit of the i uids o an advanced civiliza ; 'â€¢ ihif in comparison with other . relerence has been made their attires have failed to provide that which is requisite not only to aid mid encourage individual and social i this respect hut to ensure the prop md moral cultivation of that large ery community which is deslitute of *'â€¢ and occasionally ol this inclination in adequate education for their chil â– genius and spirit of our republican lire that til classes and every - he placed as far as possible . :' equality in this respect : and ; ' purposes no less requisite to the fere ofthe state than those of iis cit 10 are favored beyond iheir fellows in dslly fortune that each in-dividual of ration whatever may he his -. oid prospects â€” whether the rj-areni () j countless thousands or the ss poverty and misfortune â€” 'â€¢â– fully and freely in the bless â€¢ by no other means and in no vernnient succeed in infilling . â– ' j l their creation or individual and i . â– \ . "â€¢ uniformly respected and main laborer's hardly and neglected day may through some oflhe in chances and changes of capri 1 . ' '"'' ane the wealthy and iulluen ': to-morrow and he is at all i.v contingency certain at no ssess tin equal voice wilh ' iesl citizen in ihe administra iy jj r * 01 the republic he is cer . ..'^ part idier for go-id or for evil 0 r,j * smaller scale in the varied f i 1 !$ fi 1 il fli \ h"t ff w h 7 t k ft y 7 a f s "^ at^4 w vi ~ bl m a 7 t jl 1-1jj i a._i__l v ajjli 1 i~ll f f 1l jl wjij_l . l_j 1 $ iirl-xeit & james ( editors 4 proprietors \ " klzf a *" yuvr ( new series dl tiiis a\t liberty is safe â€¢ gen'l.han / number 23 of volume iv salisbury n c thursday october 7 1847 evolutions t tin political aticj social circle in which for the time being liis destiny may be casl ; and if his title to companionship aud io ti fair participation in the advantages which civ ilizalion brings in its train is no otherwise re cognised it will assert itself ultimately and ith a fearlfnl power in some of the violent outbreaks whirl from time to time electrify the puhlic mind and carry desolation to the hearths of some innocent or hapless victim thi state is not only called upon to provide a specific an .' ample fund from its resources to he expended under proper restraints and supervis ion in encouraging the well-directed efforts of individuals in this dq^artment ot the social fab ric hut in order to render its aid efiective it should create such an organization as may ap pear best adapted to secure the object in view i'i i organization should he uniform simple an . efficient â€” so constitued ns to enlist the ac tive agency the inhabitants ofthe seyearal dis tricts iheir officers ami teachers while at the same lime it should fulfill with regard to oth er portions of the state and to the authorities charged with its general supervision all the objects and purposes of its creation in the absence of such an organization a very slight interest wiil he felt in the scattered and isola ted institutions for public instruction ; teachers will become negligent aud remiss ; and pub lic and piivate funds will he virtually wasted and the great work of education will speedily ll into incompetent and worthless hands having f;r several years been practically and intimately conversant in an official capaci ty witli the beneficial operations ofthe system of puhlic instruction now in progress in new yoik and having during that period actively participated in the various movements which under the immediate auspices of a succession of aide and enlighted statesmen have placed the interests of popular education in that state up on au elevated and commanding basis the un dersigncd feels great confidence in commend ing the earnest attention ol his fellow-citizens iu the sonth the prominent principles and effi cient organization of that system many of its details may perhaps he found impracticable in communities so sparsely settled as in por tions of these states ; hut lhe practical recog nition ofthe right of every child destined here after to assume lhe responsibilities and perform lhe duties of a citizenof a free republic to such an education as will enable him intelligently to acquit himself of those high functions and of the corresponding duty on the part ofthe state to provide the requisite facilities for the full en joyment ot this right will not fail to lead to the adoption of such measures and to secure such an organization as hall be found best adapted to the wants and most in accordance wilh the exisimg habits and institutions of different lo calities davidson colleue aug 11 1847 the alumni of davidson college hav ing assembled according to adjournment i a moiion of 8 c pharr it e sher riil was chosen toact as secretary pro tern the chairman of the committee previ anpoitited to draft a constitution ________â– ___________________-â€¢ â– " mi bo - pointed to report a const it utn^hb _!______ dy on to-morrow morning on moiion of l c pharr messrs r e sherrill lames knox and w therlow caston were appointed as the above com mittee on moiion of w therlow caston it was resolved that a committee of three be appointed to recommend suitable persons to till the various offices of the associa tion and also a suitable individual to de liver the anniversary address at next com mencement messrs t m kirkpatrick t e davis and l n hutchison were appointed this committee on motion the meeting then adjourned to meet on to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock ; aug 12th 8 o'clock r m the alumni having assembled in the ] college chapel according to adjournment the committee appointed on yesterday re ported a constitution which wasread'and received the constitution was then read article by article and adopted on motion of 8 l adams the consti tution was then adopted as a whole the committee of nomination reported nominees which were taken up separate ly and the following persons were elected officers of this association viz : for president key james kxox for vice president rev r e slierrh rec sec t m kjekpatrick a m cor sec w therlow castox a m treasurer prof m i joiixsto.v the association then went into an elec tion for an anniversary ( ration on motion it was ! resolved that an abstract of the min ; utes of this meeting be published in the carolina watchman temperance advo cate charlotte journal and fayetteville observer the constitution was then signed and the meeting adjourned till the next com mencement ii e sherrill sec pro tern it is said that the administration i.s as much displeased with the armistice of gen ' scott as it was wiih that of gen taylor at monterey this is characteristic it seems to be settled that the story a bout an innocent man being hung in ala bama is incorrect letters from the vicin ity say that no such confessions have been made as is asserted and that nothing has 1 ever transpired to throw any doubt upon , the guilt of the man who was executed prom the richmond southerner newspaper press in ail countries we have gathered some statistics of the newspaper press in till countries of a ve ry interesting and instructive character these statistics are in a high degree com plimentary to the inquiring spirit and in telligence of the people of the united states the freedom of thought and the liberty of speech constitute the basis ol the success and value of the newspaper press in the american union it should be a source of pride and exultation to us that our country only of recent date should be so far in advance of all the states and kingdoms of the world in this particular we do not profess to be entirely accurate as to the precise number of pa pers in every country ; but we give the returns as we have procured them on the best data it may not perhaps be out of place to present a short sketch of the ori gin and progress ofthe newspaper press before we proceed to give these statistics the origin of gazettes or newspapers extends back as far as the commencement of the sixteenth century the first of which we know any thing was the ga j zette of venice which beg<.n about 1502 it received its name from a small vene tian coin gazetta the price charged for each number we believe the first mod ern paper appeared in england in period ical sheets in the year 15ss it was call ed the english mercury lis name no doubt suggested the idea of the mercury francais french mercury which began in 1605 in 1665 sixty years afterwards i appeared the journal des savans and j which existed until 1792 when it ceased j to be it was however re-animated for i a short time in 1797 and second time fell through but was again commenced and from 181g has been continued with suc cess the oldest political journal properly periodical is the gazette de france in stituted as far back as 1631 in 1753 there were published in england yearly but 7,411,757 papers or to be more clear ly understood there were only that many sheets circulated from all the publications in the kingdom in 1760 this number was increased to 9,000,000 ; in 1837 to more than 48,000,000 and in 1817 to 05.000,000 this increase is e x t rao r d i n a rvj^htthi i o \ vs the power ofthe press itÂ«n_.uence v ery where great on the p<m_lar mind of england is tremendous ajfll must at no very remote period overthrow the cus toms usages and laws y e t remaining ot the feudal age and give fa tjhat country those civil and religious rialhts which free institutions alone can conn the press is able and though it scattevevil as well as good it invites inquiry aiw discussion there is such a wide uwcrence be tween the journalism of ou day and that of former times that we an ay consider newspapers altogether a/modern inven i ifcyytcom pared with th gazettes of our i fc^^^micwspap^r â– )!*,,;â– took its ancesiors/^^l â– > the right lil^o with the fret_lont!n^si fc 1 of discussion which with nit^h |^ liberties we owe to the english re_h tion of 1gs8 before that epoch news papers were consecrated to the announce ment of news to the examination of sei entific subjects and to literatureâ€”thus its influence went no farther than letters â€” 1 ohtics was an interdicted subject and could not be published without the appro bation of the king in paris there are more than 330 pa pers and it will not be uninteresting we think to classify them for variety sake they are as follows 31 daily political 4 reviews 5 small papers 27 non dailies 24 religious or mora of which 10 arc pro testant 20 devoted to legislation and ju risprudence 3 to political economy and government 12 to history statistics and travels it to literature j to the fine arts painting and music 2 to theatricals 15 to the mathematical and natural sciences 2s to medicine 12 to the military and ma rine arts 22 to agriculture and rural econ omy 23 to commerce and industry 7 fo public instruction 20 to the ladies you _'â€¢-Â»â€¢ women and misses de moiselles and ehif chren li to fashion le modes 4 to pic torial collections 7 to announces and 12 difficult to arrange aider any category as regards th e wm.nt._r pres's of 1 ranee it isc,iiii|io s journals ot which 153 are politi__^^l l rarv and 101 devoted to local n e wst^h^^s , . m i i ber is adiled those p;t pers thntlt^i nd disappear monthly the result i ve aoollt 750 papers published in the whole king dom which will be an average of 2l to every 100,000 inhabitants in belgium they have 84 journals which is 27 newspapers for 100,000 inhabitants in proportion to the population belgium and brussels have a greater number of newspapers than france and paris bel gium is below england where neverthe less the press is burthened with taxes ; but literary and scientific papers are ex empt from lhe stamp and the onerous ser vices of the post in holland switzer land prussia russia austria spain italy and the other countries of europe there are 76 papers and periodicals ot every de scription what a commentary is this on these governments ! in the 15th and 10 h centuries holland was the seat of com france was anciently divided intos â€¢ nte n pir*v ces but since ihe revolution of 1798 il las et r into eighty-three departments name i aftei c great ri - cis merce learning and manufactures the asylum for the oppressed of every clime now its despotic laws forbid free enquiry and discussion both in religion and poli tics the people of switzerland love their native hills more than they do liber ty and knowledge they can see oppres sion in other countries and will raise ar mies to light against it but can hardly ever believe that it exists at home the domestic difficulties now afflicting that country will no doubt result iii giving use ful instruction to the people russia and prussia will one day do better than they now do especially the hitter since llie establishment of a legislative council â€” italy i.s improving but austria and spain will bave to give up much innocent and guilty blood before any hope can be en tertained for their regeneration in eng land ireland sscotiand and wales proba bly th most free of european govern ment trie press though suffering under heavy taxation is the largest they pub lishing in round numbers 1300 india has 32 oceanica 17 turkey since 1832 has 1 recce l,and the candia isles has issued its paper sable and degraded africa bas 3 and they have been estab lished by emigrants from the u states we now take up north and south america in the british possessions in north america there are 11 newspapers and periodicals in the united states not including territory conquered from mexi co there are 3.3.j0 in mexico and gua ; temala including ten established by citi zens of the united slates in territories conquered from the former there tire 31 in south america including the spanish j and french west indies there are only ; 35 most of the south american gov j ernments profess to be modelled after our own but in almost every particular they bear to us no resemblance they made a brave resistance to their mother country for what they regarded their liberties and independence ; but thus far tbey have reaped but little from their change of co lonial dependence to independent powers it will be seen by this statement that there are published throughout the world 5,812 papers and periodicals leaving out england ireland scotland and wales a and the united states there are only 1.0-82 published excluding the__uv ';*;_! slates the british isles publish 259 more papers than all the world besides while the tin ted states publish 1079 more than every country on the globe could any thing be more complimentary to the people ol the united states .' could there be ex hibited any greater evidence of the fitness of our institutions for the diffusion of know ledge and the development of the higher sentiments of man and the " divinity which stirs within him man fo a great de gree partakes of the divine nature itself and forms the great link between the phy sical and intellectual world he is the only being that can hold converse with the world and commune with his god aud as a necessary adjunct to all these supe riorities over the an_ma!*creation he has been endowed with the faculty of speech may we not while considering him with h^e^reat dramatic poet exclaim â€” ms m m 9f m 0m mmm i t tli _____________â– ______'_' ]â€¢' â€¢â€¢;."-:â€¢ t^^_*p to u unused knowledge is power and the support of hberty and no country can be free where knowledge is interdicted or confined to narrow limits bul it may not be out of place to anal yze this subject a little farther europe has a territory of 3,300,000 square miles with a population of 235,000,000 and cir culates only 2.1 10 papers and periodicals asia has an area of 16,728,000 square miles with a population of 450,000.000 and circulates about 40 papers africa with an area according to hassell of 11,270,725 square miles and a population 102,412,600 circulates but 3 papers oceanica a name recently adopted by geographers to designate ail the countries which tire considered as forming the fifth grand division of the globe has an area according to graberg ol 15,301,736 square miles and a population according to maltebrun of 20,000,000 circulates 20 papers and periodicals america north and souih has an area according to la voisue of 12,302.037 square miles and a population now perhaps of 15,000,000,cir culates 3,594 papers and periodicals the area of square miles of europe asia af rica and oceanica together is 46,600,461 with a population of 807,412.600 only circulates 2.248 papers and periodicals out of the 5,842 published over the whole globe the united states has an area of 2,500,000 square miles this however includes texas and missouri and oresron territories and we might say uninhabftod territory the population may be set down at 20,000.000 thus ther*e will be given to other states and territories in north and south america an area of 9.902.037 square miles with a population of 25,000,000 and among which is circu lated only 134 papers and periodicals and this includes ten published by our citizens in territory conquered from mexico ; while the united states publishes 3,460 the area of square miles lor nil countries ex cept the united states i 56,502,498 and 2,332 papers and periodicals while the i nited states has an area of only 2,500 000 square miles a population o 20,01.9 i 000 aud publishes 3.100 papers 1.0.9 imore than all other countries beside aud yet it was not known or discovered until 1 192 and has had a separate existance as a nation only seventy years this com parison is prodigiously in our favor and reads almost like romance there are issued in the cities of xew york and philadelphia at a low calcula tion two millions of sheets per week tor each city say that boston baltimore and xew orleans issue two millions more this will give us four millions sheets cir culated by these five cities allow that each state without these cities will av erage fifteen hundred per week which is very moderate it will be in round num bers five thousand two hundred millions per annum this will be five papers ner week to each man woman and child and 200 per year there is one newspaper for every 5,780 inhabitants is it strange that knowledge should run to and fro and increase and that our country should be blessed under such circumstances ? need any one doubt the power of tbe press and its influence for good or evil after this enumeration of its strength and its growth in the united states surely though while these figures are gratifying lo us as americans and show results that 3ught to inspire gratitude to god for such tncestors who through privation and ilood worked out such a political salva ion for our country we may yet feel hum led that so many prostitute the press for " low ambition and the pride of place from he raleigh il lister disturbance i the v ci regi i ment of volunteers at buena vista we had not intended lo make any commen ary on the unfortunate occurrences in lhe camp of our regimenl at buena vista until the act should be ascertained by the proper mili ary tribunal which we had supposed would be constituted for that purpose but tiie subject laving become a theme of general discussion nul a portionygf the press having indicated a imposition to censure in advance the course f the commanding officer we have deemed t oup-_luty to inquire iuto lhe ciecumstances o tarns known here from any authentic source ind to lay the result before our readers it appears that the ninth carolina regi nent had been some time in camp wilh those yum virginia and mississippi the soldiers if the two latter had taken up an aversion to l'ol paine and as he was informed had fre mentlv threatend his life and advised his own men to take it their hostile feeling was t'ur her manifested by saluting him with insulting noises as he passed their cpiarters 5 in dischar ging of his duties as field officer of the day i'hese insults coming from crowds of men were noticed in no other way than by com plaint to their officers he had never spoken lo a soldier ol either of these regiments un less brought into contact with them iu the course ol duty which had required him to have some of them confined for breaches ol discipline this ate of feeling having eon tinned for several weeks on the night of the 14th of august a crowd of more than 100 men from the virginia regiment entered the en campment oi the north carolina regiment and in the presence of many of its men and some of its officers committed a gross outrage on military order and propriety in interfering with the iuternal arrangements lor enforceing discipline therein at the time ol this occur rence which took place near the tent of lhe i^____________________m^_b ' ._____________Â»________________________. ' _______ r_____h ______________ he camp tla 1 i^^^w^s^wh vote both sick though lhe former went out and ttemptqd to arrest some of the perpetrator mt from the tardiness of the sergeant in order ng out his guard they all escaped on the ollowing evening the 15th the same crowd omenced parading the streets of the north carolina cam in hands passing sever times mmediately before the door and around the ent of the colonel making insulting and pro . i â– ! ' okmg remarks col paine went out into the croud of virgin i a volunteers and succeeded in arresting two nen with his own hands and reported ihem to heir colonel who ordered them into confine nent this suppressed the riot for half an j injur when the hands oflhe other raiments gain began to parade the north carolina camp j uid to throw stones at lhe colonel under cover f the darkness h â– twice attempted io arrest some o them in person but ihey escaped to ibeir quarters cursing him as they fled the design to do him personal injury being now ap parent the colonel otdi red iota guard as well ' for his own safely as to preserve the quiet of the camp li therefore ordered a detail of eight men for a guard of ids own quarters it was now about - o'clock p m six of them were brought and placed under the command ofthe sergeant major with instructions to post two sentries in the rear of his lent to prevent any olher than men of his own regiment from passing and to take up all strangers attempt ing lo pass the virginia soldiers had beenpre vion-iy notified that ihey would not b suffered to enter his encampment after posting the sentiuels with those instructions the ser"eai.t major went to the company from which the remaining two men had been ordered to learn why they had not been firnished and in a ve ry short time the 1st sergeant of tbat company came to inform the colonel that his men poi-i lively refused lo obey the order the colonel immediately repaired to their quarters and found them in a state of open mutiny ; and or dering some of them to be arrested be was obliged to draw his sword and raise it over the hea 1 ol one before he could be compelled to aid in executing this lei . afti r sending t ur or five ofthe ringleaders to lhe provost guai i the resl became ob dieut and two men nl ihat i ov were added to the quarter guard as required the c loin â€¢!. it being now near u ov ck ;â– turn 1 i v is his tent a stones were thrown at hitn by pers u hi iden , by lhe darkness ; one uf these weighing in re lhan a pound struck the clothes - 1 2 i lieut \\ bite who was at his side the c.slonel sent ou persons to discover lbe pi r etrators of this outrage and after a time went oul himslfto the front ot ins encampment on his return by a different route be slopped at iiie tent l one ot his officers and spoke lo him uf what was go ing on but received no reply proceeding a lew teps further he was met by drummer stubbs who in much excitement inhumed him that a large crowd of soldiers from the other regiments >â– '. tiie brigade had assembled near the tent of lieut col 1'agg win lay danger ously ill in hi-.l ; that ihey were engaged in artiest conversation and he feared intended harm to him col p the colonel instantly called to a lieutenant who was near and direct ed him to bring 20 men of his companj to the colonel's un immediately telling him of lha assemblage just refer red to and his apprehen sion of their evil intentions â€” he himself then walking on towards the tent of co kag â€” before arriving there he saw a body of 30 or more men assembled in lhe officer's street in the quarters of company lb il turned and approached them they were engaged in con versation in a low earnest lone he discover ed that thev were soldiers ot other regiments bet re being observed l.y them : and challenged and ordered them to stand they began to move and he approached nearer still order ing them to halt or he would tne the crowd broke as lie came nearer and ran in different directions before and after they tan he repeatedly colled out " halt or i will tire they continued to run at the same timo threatening him and he fired his pistol into that part of the crowd which ran towards the front and immediately called on the otli cers to turn out their companies under arms one person fell at the fire and another exclaim ed with curses â€” â€¢â€¢ he has shot me ia the hand : the first was private bradley of buncombe county mustered into service with a detach ment of supernumeraries under ll col fagg and attached to company a on reaching the army â€” the other was a private oflhe virginia regiment this occurred about half-past 9 o'clock p m when by the regulations every soldier is required to be in his tent after the virginia soldiers had been notified that they must not enter the encampment of our own as above stated and after frequent and repeated warnings from lhe colonel to the men on the right wing of ths camp in which company a was stationed not to e he out ot iheir tents dial night â€” telling them of the precautions he had taken togaurd against violence and ot the dan ger that would be incurred in being out â€” col p immediately sent to the virginia regiment for a surgeon to assist in examining the wound of private bradley who died ofthe same next morning immediately on the report of lhe pistol the sergeant attempted to bring the guard to iho colonel but two of them deserted passing along lhe line towards lhe extreme right to see that the companies turned out the colonel dis covered that notwithstanding his repeated or ders no obstacle had been opposed to the en trance of men from other regiments into his camp although officers of thai wing had com mand of their companies soon after in the main street of the camp he met jen cushing and his staff and tin officer of the virginia regiment the latter of whom insisted that col p should go into bis tent lor he had positive assurance that his life was in danger and in formed him ihat the officers of the virginia regiment had taken every precaution lo put a stop to their men leaving iheir quarters by this time gen wool and staff with a guard had arrived and thrown a line ol entries lie tween the north carolina regim ul and the others â€” and the disturbances cease major stokes though very unwell turned out :Â».*_! ren dered ever assistance to the colonel in com mand lis mt col fagg was extremely ill the whole night and could not get out officers of the virginia regiment also made generous offers to support the colonel if needed and assured him that thai was a common feeling among the officers of that regiment of his own company officers then in camp only three made any lender of actual assistance and th lieutenant who was ordered to bring tiie twenty men failed to do so quiet prevailed tin remainder of the night and since on the next morning a paper sign ed by most of the company officer of die re git,lent then in camp was sent to the colon 1 ' staling in substance that the signer " believ wo um he necessary for the quiet and harmony ol the ue^itnent^^requt^f^si commission the a.ljutaiitjli'ei.i sin^hmui refused to receive ihis paper and it was sent o the colonel by a private soldier he received it with surprise anil immediately laid it before gen wool without comment cpon which the general forthwith issued an order,dismiss in^f from the service the two oilier most pro minent in signing ; also dismissing with dis honor the \ irginia private who was wounded in the hand and one it company a who be longed to the same detachment with tbe unfbr innate bradley and who had one from bis own company to that in which he was originally recruited and dissuaded lbe men there from turning out as guards swearing ihat there was not a man in his company who would turnout on the day following the greater number of the officers who had signed the paper abore referred to severally tendered their resignations each assigning as the reason that he " was un willing to sanction by hi silence the imputa tion cast upon him in common with others in connexion with the unfortunate occurrence of the loth of august these were handed by tbe colonel to ceu cushing the resigning officers were sent for by gen wool and afier a conference with him are understood to have withdrawn their resignations and consented to strike their names fnun ti i sev eral ol these officers subs communi cated wiih the colonel in regard lo lhe paper in question and explanations look place re-es tablishing iheir kind relations vve trust that long ere this lhe same i ihe case with all : and that our regiment hei g u'sbed for order and discipline will st n reci rerfrom this temporal v cl ... i t ij . â– my was not in can nces and capts price and williamson and li ut tat ham were absent on recruiting - â– â€¢ gen wool h :- ordered a - â– - north carolina :'. m the virg m re giments an . w i â– : be '*â€¢" advices five miles ap irt gen wool approved entirely of lbe rourse of i paine â€¢ bul th.j colom ' '' â– hich was ordered i ; . â€¢ â€¢ gen < hishing and col h b it ibe lattei officer having very i to gen scott's com mand lhe < t sit we h will be const the eai .. le wc . ai ,. ihat < ns

is " cma . â– i r.t st 1 for tl â– â– - ation uy superintendent ol s lc of n-'v york ax county virginia '. \. ishingloti city pa sensible remarks to the ation in h s nthern states â€” _ . â€¢ . (!â€¢â– â€¢. er a eries of lectures lhe ali and winter at â€¢. s may i ,;.: nds of education in , 1rn states iii ii â– â– . â– ment ha ing for irly and thorough elementary ing in all those branches c d utility and individual and . â– ., _. is now in progress al ihe . m ; the west under auspices ii iblc lo its full success the free scl ml system of massachu ..-.,-! which has been in operation â– cenlui ies has dispensed the in ngs ol a good education over â€¢ that ancient commenwealth ; ; apart for thai purpose . and exclusively appropriated lo nslru n effected a sim / nl things within her borders rhode . vermont and hampshire have is of common school adequate to the wants of opulatioii : u ' new jersey -â€¢ ition side by side with l.'-'m . flfl.tl to place lhe means ol in ! mora culture within the reah and i â– ! every child of the state rganization and complete effi be new vork system has already . â– â– â€žâ€¢ ry eleven thousand district schools â– ii hundred aad fifty thousand ot a and the number is annually in i the avei age ratio of more than i ii each year ol its stately and gress her system combining ..','.â€¢â€¢ various excellencies and avoid , r greal extent the defects of those point ot time preceded it has at ntion and excited the active em . oi a lame proportion of the . .- â€¢ - and territories including ohio . indiana illinois wisconsin c il the south and canada at the of which it has been success : within he compass ot a lew iasl year an association ot influ â€¢'â– ,. nt persons has been formed i ith east and w..t for the purpose element ry education throughout alley of iho mississippi ; and e . f vermont aided by an eflec tined instructors has placed ihis gt it aud most ben n thai io every other por i.i lhe north to the atlantic coast on it the rocky mountains - â€” lhe respective state and n u *< - . nds of education and ie generally have uniie^inthe most 'â– â– of knowledge i h i < ee^fmut 1 r ihose who are t succeed them inheritance of o.n free institutions â€¢ signs ol lhe limes ' g ihose lesson . of sound poli and impressively inculcated by : w ashin jton .- and conscious ihal mission of the am mean re 'â– " fulfdle 1 in the universal and f her sons and daughters ' ' "â– â– 'â– â– patriots and philanthropists : liave taken iheir stand upon this impregnable principle ; and we are by every consideration which can i ofthe same common family ie me inestimable union and ' d in tic perpetuity and abiding â– cherished institutions â€” to timely hearlily aud efficiently in titerprise shall we not cheerfully wl to the appeal .' shall we not thus riv is of our glorious union far more ef m can ever he accomplished by po tions by party watch-words by -' skillful legislation or the most ho to individual local or sectional nl the southern slates individu â– and especially those v im pos f bestowing a suitable educa children of the other poritions n m providing those facilities for â€¢ â€¢> instruction which the spirit of the i uids o an advanced civiliza ; 'â€¢ ihif in comparison with other . relerence has been made their attires have failed to provide that which is requisite not only to aid mid encourage individual and social i this respect hut to ensure the prop md moral cultivation of that large ery community which is deslitute of *'â€¢ and occasionally ol this inclination in adequate education for their chil â– genius and spirit of our republican lire that til classes and every - he placed as far as possible . :' equality in this respect : and ; ' purposes no less requisite to the fere ofthe state than those of iis cit 10 are favored beyond iheir fellows in dslly fortune that each in-dividual of ration whatever may he his -. oid prospects â€” whether the rj-areni () j countless thousands or the ss poverty and misfortune â€” 'â€¢â– fully and freely in the bless â€¢ by no other means and in no vernnient succeed in infilling . â– ' j l their creation or individual and i . â– \ . "â€¢ uniformly respected and main laborer's hardly and neglected day may through some oflhe in chances and changes of capri 1 . ' '"'' ane the wealthy and iulluen ': to-morrow and he is at all i.v contingency certain at no ssess tin equal voice wilh ' iesl citizen in ihe administra iy jj r * 01 the republic he is cer . ..'^ part idier for go-id or for evil 0 r,j * smaller scale in the varied f i 1 !$ fi 1 il fli \ h"t ff w h 7 t k ft y 7 a f s "^ at^4 w vi ~ bl m a 7 t jl 1-1jj i a._i__l v ajjli 1 i~ll f f 1l jl wjij_l . l_j 1 $ iirl-xeit & james ( editors 4 proprietors \ " klzf a *" yuvr ( new series dl tiiis a\t liberty is safe â€¢ gen'l.han / number 23 of volume iv salisbury n c thursday october 7 1847 evolutions t tin political aticj social circle in which for the time being liis destiny may be casl ; and if his title to companionship aud io ti fair participation in the advantages which civ ilizalion brings in its train is no otherwise re cognised it will assert itself ultimately and ith a fearlfnl power in some of the violent outbreaks whirl from time to time electrify the puhlic mind and carry desolation to the hearths of some innocent or hapless victim thi state is not only called upon to provide a specific an .' ample fund from its resources to he expended under proper restraints and supervis ion in encouraging the well-directed efforts of individuals in this dq^artment ot the social fab ric hut in order to render its aid efiective it should create such an organization as may ap pear best adapted to secure the object in view i'i i organization should he uniform simple an . efficient â€” so constitued ns to enlist the ac tive agency the inhabitants ofthe seyearal dis tricts iheir officers ami teachers while at the same lime it should fulfill with regard to oth er portions of the state and to the authorities charged with its general supervision all the objects and purposes of its creation in the absence of such an organization a very slight interest wiil he felt in the scattered and isola ted institutions for public instruction ; teachers will become negligent aud remiss ; and pub lic and piivate funds will he virtually wasted and the great work of education will speedily ll into incompetent and worthless hands having f;r several years been practically and intimately conversant in an official capaci ty witli the beneficial operations ofthe system of puhlic instruction now in progress in new yoik and having during that period actively participated in the various movements which under the immediate auspices of a succession of aide and enlighted statesmen have placed the interests of popular education in that state up on au elevated and commanding basis the un dersigncd feels great confidence in commend ing the earnest attention ol his fellow-citizens iu the sonth the prominent principles and effi cient organization of that system many of its details may perhaps he found impracticable in communities so sparsely settled as in por tions of these states ; hut lhe practical recog nition ofthe right of every child destined here after to assume lhe responsibilities and perform lhe duties of a citizenof a free republic to such an education as will enable him intelligently to acquit himself of those high functions and of the corresponding duty on the part ofthe state to provide the requisite facilities for the full en joyment ot this right will not fail to lead to the adoption of such measures and to secure such an organization as hall be found best adapted to the wants and most in accordance wilh the exisimg habits and institutions of different lo calities davidson colleue aug 11 1847 the alumni of davidson college hav ing assembled according to adjournment i a moiion of 8 c pharr it e sher riil was chosen toact as secretary pro tern the chairman of the committee previ anpoitited to draft a constitution ________â– ___________________-â€¢ â– " mi bo - pointed to report a const it utn^hb _!______ dy on to-morrow morning on moiion of l c pharr messrs r e sherrill lames knox and w therlow caston were appointed as the above com mittee on moiion of w therlow caston it was resolved that a committee of three be appointed to recommend suitable persons to till the various offices of the associa tion and also a suitable individual to de liver the anniversary address at next com mencement messrs t m kirkpatrick t e davis and l n hutchison were appointed this committee on motion the meeting then adjourned to meet on to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock ; aug 12th 8 o'clock r m the alumni having assembled in the ] college chapel according to adjournment the committee appointed on yesterday re ported a constitution which wasread'and received the constitution was then read article by article and adopted on motion of 8 l adams the consti tution was then adopted as a whole the committee of nomination reported nominees which were taken up separate ly and the following persons were elected officers of this association viz : for president key james kxox for vice president rev r e slierrh rec sec t m kjekpatrick a m cor sec w therlow castox a m treasurer prof m i joiixsto.v the association then went into an elec tion for an anniversary ( ration on motion it was ! resolved that an abstract of the min ; utes of this meeting be published in the carolina watchman temperance advo cate charlotte journal and fayetteville observer the constitution was then signed and the meeting adjourned till the next com mencement ii e sherrill sec pro tern it is said that the administration i.s as much displeased with the armistice of gen ' scott as it was wiih that of gen taylor at monterey this is characteristic it seems to be settled that the story a bout an innocent man being hung in ala bama is incorrect letters from the vicin ity say that no such confessions have been made as is asserted and that nothing has 1 ever transpired to throw any doubt upon , the guilt of the man who was executed prom the richmond southerner newspaper press in ail countries we have gathered some statistics of the newspaper press in till countries of a ve ry interesting and instructive character these statistics are in a high degree com plimentary to the inquiring spirit and in telligence of the people of the united states the freedom of thought and the liberty of speech constitute the basis ol the success and value of the newspaper press in the american union it should be a source of pride and exultation to us that our country only of recent date should be so far in advance of all the states and kingdoms of the world in this particular we do not profess to be entirely accurate as to the precise number of pa pers in every country ; but we give the returns as we have procured them on the best data it may not perhaps be out of place to present a short sketch of the ori gin and progress ofthe newspaper press before we proceed to give these statistics the origin of gazettes or newspapers extends back as far as the commencement of the sixteenth century the first of which we know any thing was the ga j zette of venice which beg the right lil^o with the fret_lont!n^si fc 1 of discussion which with nit^h |^ liberties we owe to the english re_h tion of 1gs8 before that epoch news papers were consecrated to the announce ment of news to the examination of sei entific subjects and to literatureâ€”thus its influence went no farther than letters â€” 1 ohtics was an interdicted subject and could not be published without the appro bation of the king in paris there are more than 330 pa pers and it will not be uninteresting we think to classify them for variety sake they are as follows 31 daily political 4 reviews 5 small papers 27 non dailies 24 religious or mora of which 10 arc pro testant 20 devoted to legislation and ju risprudence 3 to political economy and government 12 to history statistics and travels it to literature j to the fine arts painting and music 2 to theatricals 15 to the mathematical and natural sciences 2s to medicine 12 to the military and ma rine arts 22 to agriculture and rural econ omy 23 to commerce and industry 7 fo public instruction 20 to the ladies you _'â€¢-Â»â€¢ women and misses de moiselles and ehif chren li to fashion le modes 4 to pic torial collections 7 to announces and 12 difficult to arrange aider any category as regards th e wm.nt._r pres's of 1 ranee it isc,iiii|io s journals ot which 153 are politi__^^l l rarv and 101 devoted to local n e wst^h^^s , . m i i ber is adiled those p;t pers thntlt^i nd disappear monthly the result i ve aoollt 750 papers published in the whole king dom which will be an average of 2l to every 100,000 inhabitants in belgium they have 84 journals which is 27 newspapers for 100,000 inhabitants in proportion to the population belgium and brussels have a greater number of newspapers than france and paris bel gium is below england where neverthe less the press is burthened with taxes ; but literary and scientific papers are ex empt from lhe stamp and the onerous ser vices of the post in holland switzer land prussia russia austria spain italy and the other countries of europe there are 76 papers and periodicals ot every de scription what a commentary is this on these governments ! in the 15th and 10 h centuries holland was the seat of com france was anciently divided intos â€¢ nte n pir*v ces but since ihe revolution of 1798 il las et r into eighty-three departments name i aftei c great ri - cis merce learning and manufactures the asylum for the oppressed of every clime now its despotic laws forbid free enquiry and discussion both in religion and poli tics the people of switzerland love their native hills more than they do liber ty and knowledge they can see oppres sion in other countries and will raise ar mies to light against it but can hardly ever believe that it exists at home the domestic difficulties now afflicting that country will no doubt result iii giving use ful instruction to the people russia and prussia will one day do better than they now do especially the hitter since llie establishment of a legislative council â€” italy i.s improving but austria and spain will bave to give up much innocent and guilty blood before any hope can be en tertained for their regeneration in eng land ireland sscotiand and wales proba bly th most free of european govern ment trie press though suffering under heavy taxation is the largest they pub lishing in round numbers 1300 india has 32 oceanica 17 turkey since 1832 has 1 recce l,and the candia isles has issued its paper sable and degraded africa bas 3 and they have been estab lished by emigrants from the u states we now take up north and south america in the british possessions in north america there are 11 newspapers and periodicals in the united states not including territory conquered from mexi co there are 3.3.j0 in mexico and gua ; temala including ten established by citi zens of the united slates in territories conquered from the former there tire 31 in south america including the spanish j and french west indies there are only ; 35 most of the south american gov j ernments profess to be modelled after our own but in almost every particular they bear to us no resemblance they made a brave resistance to their mother country for what they regarded their liberties and independence ; but thus far tbey have reaped but little from their change of co lonial dependence to independent powers it will be seen by this statement that there are published throughout the world 5,812 papers and periodicals leaving out england ireland scotland and wales a and the united states there are only 1.0-82 published excluding the__uv ';*;_! slates the british isles publish 259 more papers than all the world besides while the tin ted states publish 1079 more than every country on the globe could any thing be more complimentary to the people ol the united states .' could there be ex hibited any greater evidence of the fitness of our institutions for the diffusion of know ledge and the development of the higher sentiments of man and the " divinity which stirs within him man fo a great de gree partakes of the divine nature itself and forms the great link between the phy sical and intellectual world he is the only being that can hold converse with the world and commune with his god aud as a necessary adjunct to all these supe riorities over the an_ma!*creation he has been endowed with the faculty of speech may we not while considering him with h^e^reat dramatic poet exclaim â€” ms m m 9f m 0m mmm i t tli _____________â– ______'_' ]â€¢' â€¢â€¢;."-:â€¢ t^^_*p to u unused knowledge is power and the support of hberty and no country can be free where knowledge is interdicted or confined to narrow limits bul it may not be out of place to anal yze this subject a little farther europe has a territory of 3,300,000 square miles with a population of 235,000,000 and cir culates only 2.1 10 papers and periodicals asia has an area of 16,728,000 square miles with a population of 450,000.000 and circulates about 40 papers africa with an area according to hassell of 11,270,725 square miles and a population 102,412,600 circulates but 3 papers oceanica a name recently adopted by geographers to designate ail the countries which tire considered as forming the fifth grand division of the globe has an area according to graberg ol 15,301,736 square miles and a population according to maltebrun of 20,000,000 circulates 20 papers and periodicals america north and souih has an area according to la voisue of 12,302.037 square miles and a population now perhaps of 15,000,000,cir culates 3,594 papers and periodicals the area of square miles of europe asia af rica and oceanica together is 46,600,461 with a population of 807,412.600 only circulates 2.248 papers and periodicals out of the 5,842 published over the whole globe the united states has an area of 2,500,000 square miles this however includes texas and missouri and oresron territories and we might say uninhabftod territory the population may be set down at 20,000.000 thus ther*e will be given to other states and territories in north and south america an area of 9.902.037 square miles with a population of 25,000,000 and among which is circu lated only 134 papers and periodicals and this includes ten published by our citizens in territory conquered from mexico ; while the united states publishes 3,460 the area of square miles lor nil countries ex cept the united states i 56,502,498 and 2,332 papers and periodicals while the i nited states has an area of only 2,500 000 square miles a population o 20,01.9 i 000 aud publishes 3.100 papers 1.0.9 imore than all other countries beside aud yet it was not known or discovered until 1 192 and has had a separate existance as a nation only seventy years this com parison is prodigiously in our favor and reads almost like romance there are issued in the cities of xew york and philadelphia at a low calcula tion two millions of sheets per week tor each city say that boston baltimore and xew orleans issue two millions more this will give us four millions sheets cir culated by these five cities allow that each state without these cities will av erage fifteen hundred per week which is very moderate it will be in round num bers five thousand two hundred millions per annum this will be five papers ner week to each man woman and child and 200 per year there is one newspaper for every 5,780 inhabitants is it strange that knowledge should run to and fro and increase and that our country should be blessed under such circumstances ? need any one doubt the power of tbe press and its influence for good or evil after this enumeration of its strength and its growth in the united states surely though while these figures are gratifying lo us as americans and show results that 3ught to inspire gratitude to god for such tncestors who through privation and ilood worked out such a political salva ion for our country we may yet feel hum led that so many prostitute the press for " low ambition and the pride of place from he raleigh il lister disturbance i the v ci regi i ment of volunteers at buena vista we had not intended lo make any commen ary on the unfortunate occurrences in lhe camp of our regimenl at buena vista until the act should be ascertained by the proper mili ary tribunal which we had supposed would be constituted for that purpose but tiie subject laving become a theme of general discussion nul a portionygf the press having indicated a imposition to censure in advance the course f the commanding officer we have deemed t oup-_luty to inquire iuto lhe ciecumstances o tarns known here from any authentic source ind to lay the result before our readers it appears that the ninth carolina regi nent had been some time in camp wilh those yum virginia and mississippi the soldiers if the two latter had taken up an aversion to l'ol paine and as he was informed had fre mentlv threatend his life and advised his own men to take it their hostile feeling was t'ur her manifested by saluting him with insulting noises as he passed their cpiarters 5 in dischar ging of his duties as field officer of the day i'hese insults coming from crowds of men were noticed in no other way than by com plaint to their officers he had never spoken lo a soldier ol either of these regiments un less brought into contact with them iu the course ol duty which had required him to have some of them confined for breaches ol discipline this ate of feeling having eon tinned for several weeks on the night of the 14th of august a crowd of more than 100 men from the virginia regiment entered the en campment oi the north carolina regiment and in the presence of many of its men and some of its officers committed a gross outrage on military order and propriety in interfering with the iuternal arrangements lor enforceing discipline therein at the time ol this occur rence which took place near the tent of lhe i^____________________m^_b ' ._____________Â»________________________. ' _______ r_____h ______________ he camp tla 1 i^^^w^s^wh vote both sick though lhe former went out and ttemptqd to arrest some of the perpetrator mt from the tardiness of the sergeant in order ng out his guard they all escaped on the ollowing evening the 15th the same crowd omenced parading the streets of the north carolina cam in hands passing sever times mmediately before the door and around the ent of the colonel making insulting and pro . i â– ! ' okmg remarks col paine went out into the croud of virgin i a volunteers and succeeded in arresting two nen with his own hands and reported ihem to heir colonel who ordered them into confine nent this suppressed the riot for half an j injur when the hands oflhe other raiments gain began to parade the north carolina camp j uid to throw stones at lhe colonel under cover f the darkness h â– twice attempted io arrest some o them in person but ihey escaped to ibeir quarters cursing him as they fled the design to do him personal injury being now ap parent the colonel otdi red iota guard as well ' for his own safely as to preserve the quiet of the camp li therefore ordered a detail of eight men for a guard of ids own quarters it was now about - o'clock p m six of them were brought and placed under the command ofthe sergeant major with instructions to post two sentries in the rear of his lent to prevent any olher than men of his own regiment from passing and to take up all strangers attempt ing lo pass the virginia soldiers had beenpre vion-iy notified that ihey would not b suffered to enter his encampment after posting the sentiuels with those instructions the ser"eai.t major went to the company from which the remaining two men had been ordered to learn why they had not been firnished and in a ve ry short time the 1st sergeant of tbat company came to inform the colonel that his men poi-i lively refused lo obey the order the colonel immediately repaired to their quarters and found them in a state of open mutiny ; and or dering some of them to be arrested be was obliged to draw his sword and raise it over the hea 1 ol one before he could be compelled to aid in executing this lei . afti r sending t ur or five ofthe ringleaders to lhe provost guai i the resl became ob dieut and two men nl ihat i ov were added to the quarter guard as required the c loin â€¢!. it being now near u ov ck ;â– turn 1 i v is his tent a stones were thrown at hitn by pers u hi iden , by lhe darkness ; one uf these weighing in re lhan a pound struck the clothes - 1 2 i lieut \\ bite who was at his side the c.slonel sent ou persons to discover lbe pi r etrators of this outrage and after a time went oul himslfto the front ot ins encampment on his return by a different route be slopped at iiie tent l one ot his officers and spoke lo him uf what was go ing on but received no reply proceeding a lew teps further he was met by drummer stubbs who in much excitement inhumed him that a large crowd of soldiers from the other regiments >â– '. tiie brigade had assembled near the tent of lieut col 1'agg win lay danger ously ill in hi-.l ; that ihey were engaged in artiest conversation and he feared intended harm to him col p the colonel instantly called to a lieutenant who was near and direct ed him to bring 20 men of his companj to the colonel's un immediately telling him of lha assemblage just refer red to and his apprehen sion of their evil intentions â€” he himself then walking on towards the tent of co kag â€” before arriving there he saw a body of 30 or more men assembled in lhe officer's street in the quarters of company lb il turned and approached them they were engaged in con versation in a low earnest lone he discover ed that thev were soldiers ot other regiments bet re being observed l.y them : and challenged and ordered them to stand they began to move and he approached nearer still order ing them to halt or he would tne the crowd broke as lie came nearer and ran in different directions before and after they tan he repeatedly colled out " halt or i will tire they continued to run at the same timo threatening him and he fired his pistol into that part of the crowd which ran towards the front and immediately called on the otli cers to turn out their companies under arms one person fell at the fire and another exclaim ed with curses â€” â€¢â€¢ he has shot me ia the hand : the first was private bradley of buncombe county mustered into service with a detach ment of supernumeraries under ll col fagg and attached to company a on reaching the army â€” the other was a private oflhe virginia regiment this occurred about half-past 9 o'clock p m when by the regulations every soldier is required to be in his tent after the virginia soldiers had been notified that they must not enter the encampment of our own as above stated and after frequent and repeated warnings from lhe colonel to the men on the right wing of ths camp in which company a was stationed not to e he out ot iheir tents dial night â€” telling them of the precautions he had taken togaurd against violence and ot the dan ger that would be incurred in being out â€” col p immediately sent to the virginia regiment for a surgeon to assist in examining the wound of private bradley who died ofthe same next morning immediately on the report of lhe pistol the sergeant attempted to bring the guard to iho colonel but two of them deserted passing along lhe line towards lhe extreme right to see that the companies turned out the colonel dis covered that notwithstanding his repeated or ders no obstacle had been opposed to the en trance of men from other regiments into his camp although officers of thai wing had com mand of their companies soon after in the main street of the camp he met jen cushing and his staff and tin officer of the virginia regiment the latter of whom insisted that col p should go into bis tent lor he had positive assurance that his life was in danger and in formed him ihat the officers of the virginia regiment had taken every precaution lo put a stop to their men leaving iheir quarters by this time gen wool and staff with a guard had arrived and thrown a line ol entries lie tween the north carolina regim ul and the others â€” and the disturbances cease major stokes though very unwell turned out :Â».*_! ren dered ever assistance to the colonel in com mand lis mt col fagg was extremely ill the whole night and could not get out officers of the virginia regiment also made generous offers to support the colonel if needed and assured him that thai was a common feeling among the officers of that regiment of his own company officers then in camp only three made any lender of actual assistance and th lieutenant who was ordered to bring tiie twenty men failed to do so quiet prevailed tin remainder of the night and since on the next morning a paper sign ed by most of the company officer of die re git,lent then in camp was sent to the colon 1 ' staling in substance that the signer " believ wo um he necessary for the quiet and harmony ol the ue^itnent^^requt^f^si commission the a.ljutaiitjli'ei.i sin^hmui refused to receive ihis paper and it was sent o the colonel by a private soldier he received it with surprise anil immediately laid it before gen wool without comment cpon which the general forthwith issued an order,dismiss in^f from the service the two oilier most pro minent in signing ; also dismissing with dis honor the \ irginia private who was wounded in the hand and one it company a who be longed to the same detachment with tbe unfbr innate bradley and who had one from bis own company to that in which he was originally recruited and dissuaded lbe men there from turning out as guards swearing ihat there was not a man in his company who would turnout on the day following the greater number of the officers who had signed the paper abore referred to severally tendered their resignations each assigning as the reason that he " was un willing to sanction by hi silence the imputa tion cast upon him in common with others in connexion with the unfortunate occurrence of the loth of august these were handed by tbe colonel to ceu cushing the resigning officers were sent for by gen wool and afier a conference with him are understood to have withdrawn their resignations and consented to strike their names fnun ti i sev eral ol these officers subs communi cated wiih the colonel in regard lo lhe paper in question and explanations look place re-es tablishing iheir kind relations vve trust that long ere this lhe same i ihe case with all : and that our regiment hei g u'sbed for order and discipline will st n reci rerfrom this temporal v cl ... i t ij . â– my was not in can nces and capts price and williamson and li ut tat ham were absent on recruiting - â– â€¢ gen wool h :- ordered a - â– - north carolina :'. m the virg m re giments an . w i â– : be '*â€¢" advices five miles ap irt gen wool approved entirely of lbe rourse of i paine â€¢ bul th.j colom ' '' â– hich was ordered i ; . â€¢ â€¢ gen < hishing and col h b it ibe lattei officer having very i to gen scott's com mand lhe < t sit we h will be const the eai .. le wc . ai ,. ihat < ns